Improvements in visually directed walking in virtual environments cannot be explained by changes in gait alone

Proceedings, SAP 2012 - ACM Symposium on Applied Perception

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 11-16

  Jones, J Adam ^a   Swan II, J Edward ^b   Singh, Gurjot ^b   Reddy, Sujan ^b   Moser, Kenneth ^b   Hua, Chunya ^b   Ellis, Stephen R ^c  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

depth perception; gait; locomotion; mixed reality; peripheral vision; virtual reality; walking

Indexed keywords

GAIT; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; MIXED REALITY; PERIPHERAL VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION; WALKING;

BIPED LOCOMOTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84865574585     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2338676.2338679     Document Type: Conference Paper

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